| Football enthusiasts across the country can | | | | buy Minnesota Vikings tickets. By then, the |
| count on Minnesota Vikings tickets to give | | | | Vikings had one of the most powerful |
| them the kind of football action they want to | | | | defensive lines ever, referred to as the |
| see. True to their name, the Vikings have | | | | Purple People Eaters. In 1975, the team was |
| certainly emerged as one of the real warriors | | | | part of a controversial game called the Hail |
| of the NFL and have always given the opposing | | | | Mary Game, where a touchdown was seen by some |
| side a real fight to the finish. For fans and | | | | to be in violation of the rules. The pass was |
| football lovers everywhere, the Vikings can | | | | a desperate one and came to be known as a |
| be counted on to deliver a killer game of | | | | Hail Mary. |
| football. | | | | |
| | | | Awful Eighties And New Beginnings |
| The Minnesota Vikings play under the National | | | | |
| Football League and are also affiliated to | | | | The 1980s weren't very kind to the Vikings. |
| the National Football Conference and the NFC | | | | Though Minnesota Vikings ticket sales were |
| North. The Vikings play all their home games | | | | steady, the team hit a franchise worst record |
| at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome and currently | | | | of 13 losses in 1984. In 1989, the Vikings |
| have sixteen Division titles to their name, | | | | pulled off what has gone down in NFL history |
| the third most in the division. The Vikings | | | | as one of the biggest personnel mistakes |
| also have one League title and four | | | | ever. They chose Herschel Walker in a trade |
| Conference wins to their name. | | | | with the Dallas Cowboys that ultimately left |
| | | | the Vikings hanging since Walker failed to |
| Hail Mary And Purple People Eaters | | | | live up to their expectations. Conversely, |
| | | | the Cowboys were able to use their new |
| The Minnesota Vikings entered the football | | | | players to make it to the Super Bowl. |
| fray in 1960 and the name Vikings was chosen | | | | |
| to reflect the Scandinavian culture of | | | | It wouldn't be until 1991 when the arrival of |
| Minnesota. Minnesota Vikings tickets were an | | | | Jerry Burns would signal a turn around for |
| immediate hot seller because the Vikings | | | | the team. The team steadily improved and by |
| literally stormed into the NFL and game | | | | 1998, the Vikings had some memorable |
| attendance almost touched 35000. The Vikings | | | | achievements to their credit. They set an NFL |
| played so well that by 1969 they had the best | | | | record by scoring 556 points with a minimum |
| record in the NFL and the longest single | | | | of 24 points a game. They would also finish |
| season winning streak in 35 years. | | | | the season with an enviable 15-1 season but |
| | | | would also lose their bid for the Super Bowl. |
| The seventies brought even more reasons to | | | | |